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The iWarlbor?* Democrat
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?DO THOU, OKBAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUB SOULS AND MAKIO OUK LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OB OUR DEATHS ?LOBIOUS
IN THY CAUSE."
VOL XXXlIj BENNETTS VILLE. S. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1908 NO. Vi
TALE OF KOROR
Men and Women Beaten on Cer
tain Islands.
HORRIBLE PICTURE
By Gen. Pioneer, Who Says Ho Has
S?CU Children Heaton Until Theil'
Blood Covered (ho Ground Around
Cocoa Plantation?. Ph-? to Por
tugese Gonernmont to Have It
Stopped.
At. Washinglon a vivid description
of atrocities alleged to ho perpetuat
ed upon sluvn laborers on cocoa plan
lati?os on the Islands ol Principo
and Saint Thome, Portugese West
Africa, was given in ,1111 address on
"Children's Live? in Africa," by
Gen. Joubert Pionaer, of South Af
rica, of tho International congress on
tho welfare of the child under tho
auspices of tho National Mother's
Congress.
"The atrocities 1 have witnessed
ia Portugu?s?! West Africa have tak
4l>n such a hold upon ino," declared
Cen. Pionaer, "thal 1 cut myself
loose from all my business and leav
ing my family thousands of milos
away, I have consecrated my life to
the treeing of the men and women
that aro daily being done lo death
and tho little children that .1 have
seen beaten until the blood (lowed to
tho ground."
Tip: speaker said that he had form
ed ;m association with the intention
of petitioning the Portuguese gov
ernment on behalf of the slaves to
?-stablish missionary settlements to
civilize and Christianize them and
to act as a guard over Hie slave
trade and to report the atrocities to
the association
"This seems to me," he said, "the
only effective way of putting a stop
to this iniquity." Ho asked for the
support of tho Mother's Congress in
\ his mission bf humanity.
After stating Mint. " the cruelties
meted out to those degraded human
beings on, the mainland were be
yond description." General Phnaor
cont inned: "children are torn from
ibo breasts of mothers and sold as
slaves. Slaves in the employ ol' their
lash musters are boa I Cn Co dea1 h.
peinen ?''ni women and cliihlrm are
mutilated, often a native has boen
done to dell h he is quartered and
the different portions ol' his body are
hung on tho trees to terrorize tho
other native
ANOTIIIOR KIA.VKH; M:\I>.
Sena lor Heyan of Florida Passes
Away i" Washington.
foiled States Senator Wm .lames
Bryan, ol' Kloritt?, died at providence
Hospital in Washington Sunday
morning ol' typhoid levi. 11 was
only seventy Hue., days sim e he tool;
his seat as th.' SUCCOHSOI ol' the late
Senator Stephen K. Mallory, who died
Herein ber :'.:. ami t biri y-th ree days
ol' (hal line was spent in his (tglii
against disease.
I ti M r. lil yan I lie Senate loses t he
seventh member by death sime I be
adjournment of tin- .'.'uh Congress
. m Mnrcb I a year ago. They were
ilie two late Sotiitlors from Alabama,
Mr. Morgan ?uni Mr. Pott tts; Mr. Ma'i
i'v. of Florida : M r. I .ai Imei1, ol'
.South Carolina; Mr. Proctor, of Vor
mon' . Mr. Wlu le. Of Maryland, and
Mr. Bryan. Curiously olioilgll, Hie
last two Were the oldest and Hie
youngest members of Hie body. Mr.
Whyte was si years old and Mr
Bryan less (han +
ASSISTANT OBS10BV10KS W.WTl'li
Vf Cal her Bureau Service Oilers Op
portunity lo Young Men.
Au opportunity is offered young
men (o become nsssta.it observers in
Hie United Slates WeatllOi' bureau
through the civil servie, as exami
nations will be hebl by (he -?vii ser
vice commission on April I ti th, prox
imo, at the following places in South
Carolina on that day: Charleston,
Columbia and OrOOnvlllO,
The position pays $760 willi Hie.
prospect of rapid promotion after Hie
probationary period of six months
has ended. Application for Informa
tion in relation io tho examinations,
ind for admission to Hie same,
HllOUld be addressed lo Hie ll, S. Civ
il Service Commission, Washington,
I), c. , *
I lobber Injured,
A dispatch from Asheville lo The
Slate says in an effort to maka a
quick "got away," niter ho had brok
?11 Into and robbed Hu' Arden posl
office, Willam Miller, a young man
from South Carolina, attempted to
board a uiovng freight train, but
foll beneath tho Wheels. Ono foot
waa cut off ?nd he ts othorwlso badly
injured. *
THEY ARE NEEDED
SOUTH CAROLIN AN 8 BE FORK THE
HOUSE COM M i r r K K.
Delegations from Columbi?, Orange
burg ami Sumter Present Claims
of l'hoir Towns.
Tho-. Washington correspondront ol'
The News und Courier says Colum
bia, Orangeburg and Sumter, lbrough
their representatives, bsd a hearing
Thursday before a sub-coin m il toe on
buildings and grounds with refer
ence lo securing Federal appropria
tions for public buildings in those
places. These delegations were coin
posed of tho following: From Sum
ter. R. I. Mauling, Marion Moise. Ceo.
1). Shore. IO. T. Reardon, Dr. .1. A.
Mood and W. H. Seal; from Colum
bia, R. c. Taylor, Ceo. c. Huggins,
Willie .Iones, Dr. Cain, F. FI. Hyatt.
Micah .Jenkins and T. I!. Stackhouso;
from Orangeburg Mayor .1. \v. H.
Dukes, R. H. Jennings, J. W. Mow
man and A I). Webster. These gen
tlemen were met upon arrival at
Washington by Representative Cov
er and showed every possible atten
tion.
At 10.30 o'clock the hearing be
gan. While, the arguments put forth
by Hie different speakers were in
the main the same, they differed in
a few particulars. Mes:.rs. Manning,
Moise and Shore, who spoke in be
half of Sumter, called attention lo
the Tact that their town was thc best
in tho state, which statemenl was at
once challenged hy Columbia ami
Orangoburg. They said all they want
ed was for Hie mein hers bf the com
mittee who had this mailer In hand
to go Iben? and they WOllid see that
their town was entitled to helier post
o 111 ce quarters than it now enjoy
ed.
For Orangeburg Messrs. howman
and Webster called attention to the
rapid growth ol' their (own, and said
that from a hamlet with pnictleallv
no business to spook of a few years
ago. it. bad grown in the' last len
years to a place of such importance
that the Government should be
ashamed of its present pi stottlce
building. livery phase of Orange
burg ? ooiii?herelnl life w?.-- ouched
upon. Cost master Webster conclud
ed his reinar:.s hy s*a?ill'- Ihnl ai ibo
present lime Orntlgehtirg Was trans
acting its postal business in a build
ing ?il hy .'- I feel, and H si Hie (rom
morriu! interests ol Hu- own ind
the people demanded bettor IJ1C ill
ties.
Foi1 O?lUinbia He-re appeared I '. C
Taylor, 1'osi master Ung?ais aie! Nib
?or Micah Jenkins. They told ai
some length tie- story of Cblunc?u s
rise from Hie ashes ol' war iud her
commercial Importance of the pres
ent lime. F. 11. i lyall told the com
mitte?' ?hal Columbia was like Lite
lillie hov who had outgrown his
pants, he ought to have a new pail,
of if lu- couldn't hoye a new pair l|is
old ones ought lo nie patched. Thai,
be said, wm^ the condition in Col um
Ida with respect lo Hie postollice
building.
Tho moni hers of Hie com mittee
asked n umbers of quest o ns and adorn
ed interested ill the I ll lo fill Ut lo ll
given them. H is proba1.'.: that Mi
Lever will have a d?loyal ion \i-i'
South Carolina sonic HoiO during
the present, session of Cone.ros; '<<
take ii look at the places waptlllg
Federal :in<1 Nvi" ''.?douyer lo
convince thom that Columbia ought
io have $i>00,000 with which io eh1
large her presfftli building: Sumter
$110,000 for enlarging hero; ami Or
iUl go burg .fl uo,(iou willi which lo
build "Ile lhere.
TH BEE 11 UN BB ED PERISH
In the Sinking ol the Japanese Steam
ship, Hid?' k'o.shi.
A dispatch from Loudon dated
Mareil 'J.'! gives det.'iils from Tokio
describing the sinking ol Die Japan
ese steamship Malsu Alaru, which
was rummel) by the steamship Hide
Yoshi off TodohokllO, stating thal
more than 240 passengers and Hie
crew of Li perished. The captain of
Hie 13 Ut SU Hain, lis well as the crew,
?lld everything in their power to pre
vent tho panic, hut failed. Tiley
stuck to their posts and went down
with tho ship.
NEGRO CHILDREN BURNED
Three I'lckaiiiiinnies Perish in a Eire
Near Walhalla.
Three negro children perished in
HK- Hames, when thc house ol' 101 111
Davis, a colored man living near Wal
balla, wau burned Thursday night.
Four children alone in the house
wore playing with a torch neild a
?tack of need cotton, which caught
Ure, Igniting their clothing. Though
tho door stood Opon the throe young
est children were too Heightened to
leoeay*. *
SEN. TILLMAN SICK
HAS BK ION* QUITE I Bl. FOR SF.V
KHA1. DAYS.
Hut His Physicians Do Not Fear
Anything Immediately Sortons
From Present Attack.
Tho Rtato says it was reported
from Trenton, S. C.. Saturday that
Senator lt. lt. Tillman is quite a sick
tuan. ll is sahl Hint, ho is uot in
?in alarming condition, bul that ho
will uni be aide to return to his
d.lltics tor some linn- Dr. .1. W. Bab
ea lc, superintendent o? Ibo state
hospital tor ino insano, who went
down to Trenton to soo Senator till
man, ?amo back Saturday umbi and
gave out tho following statement;
"Senator Tillinan was taken seri
ously ill Thursday night lb* spoke
Monday in Washington and after
iwo days at Clemson College he went
to his homo ai Trenton, complain
ing of the heat. That hight 1"' had
Uti attack, evidently due to hn.d
work, and tin- unusual heat, which
produced ..nervous troubl? similar to
that from which he suffered three
years ago when he consulted eminent
specialists in Philadelphia, who did
not lind any signs of organic disease.
After ii short rest the senator was
soon al bis post again.
"In the present attack the old
symptoms ol' numbness ?ind tingling
of the left side have iel urned, but
they ?ne lessoning in the last 24
hours. His physicians, Hrs. Hunter
and Babcock, are agreed that there
are now no indications of organic
trouble, and are hopeful thai after a
few days' rest Hie senator may he
wadi enough to return to his duties
in Washington." *
Senator Tillman Better.
H was s tated Sunday night by Sen
ator Tillman's physician al Trenton,
Dr T. .1 Hunter, lind senator Till
man had passed a good day, resting
wall Saturday might and retaining
his nourishment Sunday, and in Us
hoped that he will be all right \vitpjh
the next few days. Dr. tbibcock, at
Columbia, w ho went over to seen Hie
Senator, returned lo the city Satur
day afternoon and hat) heard nothing
from liim Sunday.
BOAH!) OF CDt t ATM > \ .
Cresent Members W ill Dc th appoint
ed bj Gov. tesol.
(loy, Ansel Saturday announced at
the meet lng Ol' I lie State hoard of
education that he yvon ld reappoint
ali ot ib.- present members ol' ibis
hoard lor Hie term ol four years.
There bas neon considerable sp?cu
lation on th< probable appoint monis.
Prbfi W. K Tato of the Charleston
schools, representing ibo Firs! Con
gressional district
Mr ii (' Une a member of tlie
Aiken oar. ol' Hie Second district.
Prof H \\ Daniel of Clemson
roi i ego, represent lng ibo i'hlrd dis
trict .
Proi A c.. Kember!. Welford Coi
loge, HU the Fourth district.
Pro! A |{ Hanks superintendent
o? i ho Hu neust or .chouis. repres?ut
iim I le- Fi! ! h dlsl rici. (ol. Hanks
has m en a member Ol' Hie hoard uli
fter live iioVorpors and was a mem
ber oi ihe rtaif ot iwo oilier govoru
bi'sj
M?. \Y i. Montgomery1, mein ber
of i lc Mai ion har, repie: em lng t lid
sixth disiric!. Mr. Montgomery is
I he rei iring pro'.sidoh.i bi Hm St ate
I 'anker'S associai ion
i'nif A. .1. Thackson of Hie or
iingciuirg schools fbi the Seventh dist
driel
Gn'x Vliseil is chairman of I he
hoard and Superintendent l). H.
Marl in is t he secretary
SHOOTING! '?V di Dtii: DI'Cl IA NAN
I ntal Hullei Accidentally Fired by
( lue of Two Boys.
A dispatch from Hdgcliold says lt
is now '.t'ltnin that the ball that
killed Fx-Judge Buchaiinan came
from a rifle in the hands ol' one ol'
two boys who were hunting, ami it
is authoi ltivoly slated that the shoot
ing WftS entirely accidental. While
the boys are known, the Informant
ol' the correspondent of The .News
and Courier at Ward's tofu.1 to
give names, nor have they, so far as
is known hero, been made public or
any confession or statement made
as to their unfortunate, though not
criminal, connection "iib tho Bad af
fair. No oiiicjai Investigation linn
been mad?-. *
Legally Hanged.
At i.a Grange, (ia.. Ingram Cana
dy. a negro assailant, was hanged in
the jail yard Friday afternoon at
1:16 o'clock. Canady was convicted
at the last November term of court
of crminully uesaultlng Mrs. llosa
Jo*nW. .
FOR LAST Y14 AU GOES OVER
EtEVEN MILLION HALES.
Tho C*on*ius Report Issued by the
Department of Agriculture O?TCSI
tho'Total Figures.
The -census report issued Friday
shows that the cotton crop grown in
1907. aggregated tl,2 S 1,168 running
l)iiles,( counting round as half bolos
and' iilcluding"lintern, and showed a
total ,?fc 27,a7 7 active ginneries for
1907. Thi.s is aguiusl 13,305,265
hale?/Mu i y o li, and lO.7J5.ij02 in
1 905.'
The statistic!? include 1 7 7.04?
hales returned as remaining lo he
ginned after tho Hem of the March
canvas.-. The total number of run
ning'^balos as given is equivalent to
11,302,872 of 500 pounds each.
The average gross weight of tho
bales'^ for 1907 is 501.8 pounds. The
Item-for the crop ol' 1907 are 10,
798,59? square bales; 198.541) round
hales; 86.792 sea Island holes; 19 8.
549 Around hales; 86,793" sea island
hales; linters 270,500 boles.
Tu? bundler of running hales hy
Slates follows: Alabama 1,126.028;
Arkansas 760,162, Florida 57,010,
Georgia 1,891.900, Kansas 34, Ken
tucky 4,205. Louisiana 676,8*3, Mis
sissippi 1,404.207, Missouri 35,
997, New Mexico 4 17. North Caro
lin^' 048,5 17. Oklahoma soi. nu;.
South Carolina 1, 175,:;75. Tennessee
274,5:10, Texas 2,271.724. Virginia
9,4 80, Kentucky's total includes lin
ters of establishments in illinois and
Virginia.
The linters included 270.500 hale.;
ror '7 907, 322,064 tor 1906 and 230,
.197 for 1905. Hound hales are 198,
54 9 fpr 1 90 7. 2 0 8.219 foi 1906, and
279,801; for 1905 Sea island hales
aro 80.89:; foi 1907, 5 J,?? 0 for 1906,
11-2,639 for 1905.
Average gross weight of the hales
for 1907, Including linters as niven,
ls against 501.9 for 1900; that of
the ronni bales ls 240.1 pounds for
1907 compared with 2 4 5.1 for 1900,
aie' 'heusen island 391.0 pounds for
Vo.vi; ; .;>uip.o ed with S 7 2 . for
1900. *
Watson's Close lOsthunte.
The Stale says when the govern
ment estimate on the cotton crop for
1907 came til the estimate nude in
November by Oom missioner Watsons
depart ineni was compared willi the
ligures issued from washington
it. w as found that there was a differ
ence of ebb I3(498 balO.s Iii lliO
ligures oil the South Carolina ?iron
and l 09.957 oil the entire crop of
Ibo I'liiled Stales.
COM I.MTS SUICIDE.
A Columbian Takes Poison and Then
Stabs Himself.
Uliol li .Miller. ;i representative
ot the V s lioyster (.Homo company,
Norfolk, Va . committed suicido nt
the hijjb?ro lietel. Tampu, Fla.;
Friday morning, taking a bo id 109
grains of morphine and inter siah
blhg himself tine.- limes near the
heart with six-inch ?letirphahdled
dagger.
Miller ?eli i wo letters, one in his
wile at Camdon, S. C.. ins home, ami
anni her lp I' K black "i Hi- Prairie
Pebble Pim.-phate norn pa ir. ill Mu!
bei r> . Phi. In Un- telle! to Iiis w ile
Miller suited thal lie had nd cause
Kir i lu- Silicide, Inil Iel! an uncoil! roi
labi? impnhe which he could liol ron
(pier.
.| ju? h t :<.). lo I thick t (dilled lo busi
ii ess mallei... Miller had hCeii at
Tampa two we.i.s. :>i. ? i . * - i 11 . jd thu
Tampa Ittiy hoi el.
lief (it'd g?ltig lo Tampa h0 spent
three weeks tit tip1 Prairie Popple
Phosphate jdaiit lu t,iic interest ol
his employers.
Killed on Kaituna .
A dispatch to The state says "Miss
Deila navega received ;i dispatch
Wednesday mornug uniionneng tho
death pf her brothel In-law, .Mr M.
Chavasso, from heine, struck by ii
passing train al Lexington. Ky. Miss
Da Vega left ;it once to attend tho
funeral. Mis. Cha vasse was Miss
Mary Da Vega, a native of this city,
and sister of the late Dr S M Da
Shot Woe and Self.
Mad with love for another woman,
determined to sever the hoads that
bound him to a woman he did mu
love, OoorgO Willoughby, prominent
in business and church circles al
Milwaukee. Wis shot his wile dead
Friday morning, and twice wounded
himself.
iumpc?l Five Stories.
Al New York Mrs. Sarah Scherry,
'o despondent widow, killed horsolfj
by diving from tho front window of
her flfth-otory apartment at 64 Bast
103rd Street into a crowd of women
on tho Rldowalk, mont of them who
had children lu arms or In baby Car?
riet*?.
m
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HEAVY DAMAGES
GIVEN MOTH KR AND LITTLK SON
WHO WEBB
Hndly Humed by Coming SM Contact
With n Lire Who ou the Streets
of Florence.
A dispatch from Florence to Tho
News and Courier' says the biggest
verdicts ever awarded by a Florence
County jury were recorded Thursday
tn tho caaes of Mr?. Maude Laughlin
and her little ?on, Lawrence Laugh
lin, both of whom were horribly
burned by an electric wire in Flor
ence last August, against t>?e Flor
ence FJectric Light and Tower Com
pany and the Southern Public Service
Corporation Mrs. Laughlin, who
asked $50.000 damages, was award
ed $17,000. and Lawrence Laughlin,
whose suit was for $25,000 damages,
obtained a verdict for $8,000.
Judge Dantzler promptly overrul
ed a motion for a new trial, as ho
had previously overruled a motion
for a non-suit, based on the ground
that it had not been proven that the
Southern Public Corporation was in
any way connected with the Florence
Light and Power Company, The case
will be appealed to tho Supreme
Court. This was one of tho biggest
cases ever tried in the Court of Com
mon Fleas in this county.
Mrs. Lauglin is tho wile of Mr.
George W. Laughlin of Florence.
The injuries for which she has been
awarded damages wen- received on
the 19th ot lasl August, while she
was trying to rescue little Lawrence
ber only son. who had become 011
lagled in the street near tho corner
of Kavonel and Chcovea streets. Moth
mother and son were BO badly In
jured that it became necessary to
amputate Mrs. Lnughlin's right hand
Slid right loot, and the larger por
tion ol Lawrence's right hand.
MOR LYNCHES TWO MEN.
Florida farmers shoot Two Alleged
Murderers to Death.
Al ferry, Fla., tween one and two
o'clock Friday morning a mob of
armed citizens surrounded tho
uninty jail and look diehard Smith
and Will MeMulleti, both charged
Willi minder, from tho jail carrying
them quietly lo a secluded spot on
Ibo outskirts of tho lOWU, where : hey
were securely tied to a post and their
bodies riddled with bullets,
The bodies were fohn l early next
morning by the authorities. Smith
was charged willi the murder >!' a
while man a few days ago and Mc
Mullen was awaiting trial lor ile
murder of another negro. Mc
M nilen was a desperate character,
and ?I few days ago overpowered the
jailer, making his escap?, lie was
recaptured by Mai? hal Hawkins.
The citizens -pf Perry are of tho
opinion that the und) was formed of
farmers bf tho sin rounding country.
No furthOl I rouble is feared *
TWO ELEPHANTS AT LARCH
Escupo from Chilis in Florida and
.Make for Georgia.
chief ot Pal Ice Dampier, of Val
dosta, (la.i received a telegram noni
tho Vau Arnberg Shows, at White
springs. Fla., staling (hal two of
lheir elephants and escaped and were
beaded for Valdosta, where the cir
cus wintered.
bater reports winch have reached*
1? re say thc elephants have been sur
rounded nine in I les from (leona, Ha.,
by a crowd of farmers With guns,
aad thal (he big animals were fired
upon, Ibo shots only infuriating
(hem and causing thom to dash away.
Three or four trainers from the
circus are bullying to the scene lo
I ry and capture I helli; Telegrams
from White Springs say the people 111
the conni ry (brough that section are
almost terrorlzod and are organizing
in grOOl numbers for a big elephant
hunt. *
TWO MEN SHOT.
Community Excited Over Wounding
of Voting Men.
An unknown negro shot and fatal
ly wounded Baxter and Rufus Hums
at Hunts. Miss., late Friday. Holli
are relatives of United states Senator
Md,narin of Mississippi. Gov. Neol
has sent bloodhounds from tho Ran
kin county convict farm In pursuit.
Tho vicinity is greatly excited and a
large posse is -reported assist lng, in
tho search of the culprit. The cause
Of the shooting has not been ascer
tained *
Fatal Explosion.
The boiler at tho saw mill of G.
W. Moore at Homeland, Ga., blew
up friday morning, killing Mr.
Moore, tho proprietor, instant.y. abd
seriously scalding three other men.
Mr. Mooro was ono c.1 tho woalthleat
men In that Bretton of the 8taU. *
FIGHT A DUEL
Gen. Fock Mortally Wounds Gen.
Smirnoff.at Close Range.
PISTOLS WERE USED.
Smirnoff Reflected Upon Brother Of
Acor's Qualities in Memorandum
. .on Se|ge of Port Arthur. Dael
Takes Place in Regimental Riding
School iu St. Petersburg in the
Presence of Mou and Women.
At St. Petersburg, Russia, Llout
Oeueral Smirnoff was probably fat
ally wounded in a duel fought Wed
nesday morning with Lieut. Gen.
Kook.
Tho men were in tho riding school
of tho Chevalier Guard regiment and
fought with pistols, standing closo
to each other when the shots were
exchanged.
The duel was caused by a memo
randum written by Gen Smirnoff oft
tho soige of Port Arthur, in which
ho questioned tho courage of Gen.
Kock.
The latter considered that his hon
or and reputation was Involved and
challenged the author of tho m?mo
randum.
The duel, occurred with the full
knowledge and approbation of tho
military authorities. It was witness
ed by several officers of high rank,
and it is even reported that several
women were present.
Shortly before 10 o'clock Gens.
Kock and Smirnoff appeared at tho
riding school. Without saluting they
took tho places assigned by their
seconds.
Tho duelists were instructed to
fire until ono or tho other was lilt.
At Pock's fourth shot Smirnoff groan
ed and sank wounded in tho abdo
men above the hip.
Tho word "bro" was given by Gen.
Klrstoff, the Russian authority on
il uolllng.
At the third oxchango Smirnoff
accidentally llrcd prematurely, but
Pock magnanimously declined to
shoot at a defenceless opponent, and
tho fourth and final shots were then
sxchnnged.
The duel will be followed hy
Another between Pock and Gen. Gor
ba to ff sk y who was criticised by
Pock during the court-martial pro
ceedings.
Gen Smirnoff was acting comman
dant of the Port Arthur fortress dur
ing tho seigo and at the time of its
surrender to tho Japanese. After his
rid ti m to Russia he prepared a Be
crol report of tho defense of Port Ar
thur which was the basis of tho
indictments on which Gen. StOBSOl,
Cen. Kock and Gen. Reiss were tried
for their lives before court mar
tial.
DROPS DEAD.
While Looking at file Corpse of *
Drowned Baby.
In Hunk lin Township, ia Green
ville County, three miles from Green
ville, the 1 year-old child of Joe Say
les. colored, foll into a tub which
drowned. The child's mollie,- had
left it alone to KO into the house and
when she returned it was dead,
The news quickly spread through
the neighborhood and a number of
people gathered at the house, pinong
them .loo Jordan, HU? lK-yoar-old
son ol' .Mr. J. li. Jordan. Ho walked
up lo tin tub. In which the child had
been drowned, looked at il and drop
ped dead.
Mr. Jordan says his son had a nar
row escape from drowning In the
same manner when a child. The boy
hud a weak heart and lt ls supposed
that the recollection Of his narrow
oscapo when a child and tho horror
of the negro child's death caused a
shock to bis system which resulted
In bis death.
RAN AWAY FROM SCHOOL.
Young Boy Killed While Riding Un
derneath Express Cor.
Young Dean, tho son of a promi
nent citizen of Langley, was killed?
Tuesday afternoon on the electric car
Uno botwoon Langley and Warren
vllle, near Aiken. It SOOmS that, ho
slipped off or ran away from school
and got on tho Augustn-Alkon ox
press car. lt Is supposed that h*>
either fell off or was shaken off,
falling on the track and was thon
run over by tho car. Tho mon on
tho express car, it is said, did not
know anything about tho mattor and
tho boy remained on the track until
tho car bound for Aiken came np a
i little lntor. Tho affair ls avery de
plorable one.
Ten Were Injured.
Ten porsons woro Injnrod, non?
seriously, In a trolloy car accident at
Philadelphia jreuterday.
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